Funiculars, cable trains that were built up the sides of hills and mountains, often ran on water. tags cable train sewage friborg switzerlandIn Fribourg, Switzerland, they had a better idea. One area in town is at the top of a hill, and the other at the bottom. And if there is one thing that is always flowing from the top to the bottom, it is sewage. Instead of running in a pipe, they pump some of it into the car at the top; at the bottom, they open it up and let it run into the lower sewer. picked by Bingo 2 months ago |
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Finally, a reward for having a messy, out of control computer desk or Home Theater setup in your home. IOGEAR is running a fantastic give away that will help you get your rat’s nest of a cable pile-up under control with their award winning prizes. picked by iamamaniac 8 months ago 6 comments edit related share weird |
"If the pipe becomes damaged, we could see 12-14 million of gallons of raw sewage spill into the Santa Cruz River and work its way north, it would be an environmental nightmare. Not only for our region, but moving its way north." picked by Moe 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
It looks as though this beer truck has had one too many, but it was snagged by a heat-stressed, sagging cable wire in Hillsdale at about 2:15 this afternoon. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Staff at a sewage works have called in a ghostbuster because they are being stalked by a zombie-like figure who roams the underground tunnels. picked by Inc0m 2 years ago 10 comments edit related share weird |
Brian and Jane Williams of Anglesey have had to move out of their home to escape an all pervading noise that started after Welsh Water carried out some upgrade work to their sewage system. Mr and Mrs Williams have had health problems, lost their appetites and had bowel problems ever since. picked by pocksucket 2 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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The measure certified Thursday would rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share politics |
Someone is disposing of placentas in the sewage system and authorities in central Illinois just want it to stop picked by Bornbad 9 months ago 3 comments edit related share weird |
Google is planning a multi-terabit undersea communications cable across the Pacific Ocean for launch in 2009. picked by Gygash 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Gary, Ind., man pleaded guilty to killing his cable installer on learning his TV set was not "cable ready." picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Many pics of a HUGE set-up for a model train and the miniature town it runs through. The detail is incredible. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago 5 comments edit related share entertainment |
It's probably the ultimate survival story. A child is born prematurely, slips through the toilet bowl of a running train, crash lands onto the tracks. The entire train passes over her, but she is alive and is now sleeping peacefully at the Rajasthan Hospital in Ahmedabad. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 10 comments edit related share world |
A collapsing cesspool embankment floods a small Gaza strip town with raw sewage, killing five. picked by VoodooPeacock 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share world |
A thief in Germany was charred beyond recognition by a 10,000 volt electric shock when he tried to steal a LIVE copper cable. German police found the man's blackened remains by a set of cable cutters and pile of non-live cables he had already stolen. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
When Robert Gillespie looked up from his text message, he saw a freight train. EOM. ("End of message," that is, for non-texters.) Eugene police say Gillespie's car crashed into the side of the Union Pacific freight train about 2 a.m. Tuesday. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Before running off to another country, an angry, scorned ex-wife posted 200 posters of her cheating ex-husband's ass all over town. See the link at the bottom of article for Ex-Wife's MySpace Page for the billboards she posted (don't miss the diary entries from her support network (hee-hee)). picked by doggylives 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share weird |
In an ironic twist, the location was Flushing, NY. picked by suebe 5 months ago 5 comments edit related share weird |
At least one person has died and several people are trapped and injured after a Metro Red Line train derailed and collided with another Metro train, officials say. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
This hapless sheep has become a real life 'ram-bo' after inadvertently abseiling down a hill when its horn became snagged on an electricity wire. 0 comments edit related share plime.comThe unfortunate sheep was spotted bleating for help more than 15 feet above the ground next to an telegraph pole. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago |
Nearly 500 school children in Fugong, Yunnan Province, China have to cross the often raging Nujiang River each day to get to school. The only problem is that there is no bridge. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Motorist leapt clear of her car with moments to spare after a satellite-navigation system led her into the path of a speeding train. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 6 comments edit related share technology |